讲座主题：Technical regulations, consumer acknowledgement and product quality

主讲嘉宾：赵来勋，日本神户大学教授

主 持 人：张晓涛 教授 院长

评 论 人：刘 悦 副教授

时 间：2023年6月13日（周二）9:30-11:30

地 点：沙河校区学院13号楼305

主 办：国际经济与贸易学院

摘要：We examine whether technical regulations (TRs) can improve product quality and be recognized by consumers. Theoretically, TRs impose opposite effects on the quality of export products, via consumer utility and production cost respectively; and the institutional quality of the importing countries may enhance the effect on consumer utility and lower that on production costs. We then test the theoretical model using Chinese data, and confirm our predictions. The effects exhibit large variations due to differences in many aspects, in particular: TRs of low-income countries induce Chinese firms to upgrade export quality significantly, while those of high-income countries do the opposite; Institutional quality weakens (enhances) TR's negative (positive) effect on product quality. Regarding GVC position, for capital goods & intermediate products, TRs have a stronger effect on production costs than on consumer utility, but the opposite is true for food and textiles.

嘉宾简介：

赵来勋，日本神户大学经济经营研究所教授。本科毕业于中国人民大学，硕士及博士毕业于美国弗洛里达大学。赵来勋教授的研究领域十分广泛，主要包括国际经济学、研发创新及经济增长、环境经济学、劳工移动、中国经济特别是户籍制度等。赵来勋教授研究成果丰硕，在包括Journal of International Economics、Journal of Labor Economics、Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Environmental Economics & Management、Journal of Urban Economics、Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control、Journal of Mathematical Economics等国际一流期刊上发表文章十几篇。 2011年，日本国际经济学会向赵来勋教授颁发小岛清奖以表彰他的学术贡献，赵来勋教授是迄今为止唯一获此殊荣的非日本人。此外，赵来勋教授目前担任经济学一流期刊Journal of International Trade & Economic Development的共同主编以及Japanese Accounting Review的主编，并担任多种国际一流期刊的匿名审稿人和多个研究基金的匿名评审员。赵来勋教授撰写的有关中日关系的时政评论文章曾多次发表在《南华早报》和《新京报》，他的作品被《大公报》《欧洲时报》《参考消息》《共识网》等知名国际媒体多次转载。